Table of Contents
Preface vii
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Where Did the Knuckler Come From? 8
Chapter 2 Who's Who in the Knuckleball World 20
Chapter 3 A Pitcher Could Make the Hall of Fame without Knuckling Under 31
Chapter 4 Those Wild and Crazy Washington Senators 41
Chapter 5 The One-Year Wonder 53
Chapter 6 Hoyt Wilhelm: The Legend Begins 65
Chapter 7 Bob Purkey and Barney Schultz 76
Chapter 8 Hoyt Wilhelm: The Legend Continues 87
Chapter 9 Catchers and Crazies 97
Chapter 10 Eddie Fisher and Friends 109
Chapter 11 Wilbur Wood: The Early Years 121
Chapter 12 Phil Niekro: Another Knuckleball Methuselah 131
Chapter 13 Joe Niekro: Little Brother Makes Good 142
Chapter 14 Wilbur Wood Emerges 154
Chapter 15 Charlie Hough 167
Chapter 16 Phil Niekro II: Not Just Another Knuckle Guy 180
Chapter 17 Jim Bouton Makes a Comeback 191
Chapter 18 Tom Candiotti 205
Chapter 19 Steve Sparks 216
Chapter 20 Knuckleball Hopefuls and the Knuckleball World 225
Chapter 21 Tim Wakefield 240
Chapter 22 R. A. Dickey 259
Chapter 23 Knuckleballers Never Die 273
Sources 287